This is not the time to experiment.
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Barring a disaster of biblical scale, the US Men’s National Team has a spot in the final round of World Cup Qualifying all locked up. So hopefully, in a future time, when it allows, we come back here.
While Carlos Ruiz (FIVE goals) and Guatemala did their part, murdering poor St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the tune of 9-3, the USA made no mistake in decimating Trinidad by a score of 4-0. Both teams already had clinched.
Christian Pulisic is a transfer target for Liverpool – but has admitted he grew up a Manchester United fan.
Nonetheless, Klinsmann isn’t messing around.
Referring to Fridays 2-2 draw at home to Guatemala, Hart said, both goals were preventable on Friday and we didnt deal with the situation well enough. Meanwhile, the USA (10 pts) is 3 ahead of Guatemala, meaning a win or a draw is enough for the USMNT.
Everything came up roses for the United States of America on Friday, but the biggest victor for the U.S. was Matt Besler who not only scored his first worldwide goal, but did so on the day of the birth of his first child (a daughter named Parker). Once we got it, we gave it to them. “We are fully prepared to go 100 percent full speed”.
Christian Pulisic has been the best player on the field for the US national team before. As planned, Tim Howard started ahead of Brad Guzan, who played versus St. Vincent, in goal.
As noted, Bradley has been called in following his suspension, and he is joined by Michael Orozco, also following a yellow-card-accumulation suspension.
However a confident U.S. – who handed a first full competitive start to 17-year-old starlet Christian Pulisic – were always in control against their outclassed Group C rivals.
“I don’t want to give him too many compliments”.
Although advancement is, for practical purposes, locked up, the Americans do have incentive.
The first match in the Hex for the Americans will be on November 11 against Mexico, and early reports, as well as tradition, suggest that it will be played in Columbus.
The framework for the six-nation final round is already is place; it’s now a matter of filling in the slots after Tuesday’s matches in the three groups.
The question now is whether Klinsmann will pitch Pulisic into the starting line-up for the opening round of final qualifying.
Manchester City (3-0-0) striker Sergio Aguero’s short fuse was on full display last weekend as he elbowed West Ham’s (1-0-2) Winston Reid in the throat during City’s 3-1 win on August 28. They host winless St. Vincent and the Grenadines and are expected to cruise to three easy points.
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As for Kevin Molino and his countrymen, well, they also qualified for the Hex by finishing second in Group C.
